sexual orientation

A same-sex couple denied access to a central Illinois bed and breakfast while planning their civil union ceremony has won another legal victory in a five-year case. Owners of the Timber Creek Bed & Breakfast in Paxton contend they don't believe in same-sex unions and refused to host the ceremony in 2011, the year Illinois legalized same-sex civil unions.

The Peoria-based WD Boyce Council will keep its relationship with the Boy Scouts of America. The council announced it's moving forward with the national Scouts’ new policy of admitting members regardless of sexual orientation.